Tobacco pouch



' Aug. 31, 1948. I v R. A. LE FEVRE I 2,448,376

TOBACCO POUCH Filed Nov. 4, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR.

BY Rq/p/LA Le re r e ATTdRNEY.

Aug. 31, 19418. R; A.-LE FEVRE TOBACCO POUCH 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Nov. '4, 1944 IN VENTOR.

e h w W L 1 n P law Y ATTORNEY.

Patented Aug. 31, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE' TOBACCO POUCH ItalphA, Le Eevre, Rochester, Y. Application'November 4, 1944, Serial No. 561,939

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Tobacco is used for smoking in a greatvariety of: forms. such as cigars. and cigarettes, and in pipes. This invention has. to do with the carrying of tobacco that. is to be used-in smoking 81 pipe or that can be rolled into cigarettes.

An object of this invention is to provide a receptacle or pouch or baginto which a. standard package of: tobacco to: be used in smoking a pipe or to be rolled into cigarettesican beinserted and carriediconvenicntly and from which tobacco can be-pouredfrom tuneto time eitherinto; the bowl of ap pe or; mitothev paper with; whi h. the icarette is rolled.

Forsuch, purpose it may benecessa y t emove the: outer wrapper of: the comm t ialn ch e before itzcan; be inserted into the pouch.

Another object of'thisinvention is to provide a pouch in which the tobacco can be held securely without, leaka e.

Anctherobjectof" the invention is to-provide apouch: in; whi h e o acco will e kept in properhumid'condition foralong period of time.

Another object of; the; invention is to provide a pouch from wh ch to acco can be onvenient y poured to th e act amount esir d.

Another object of the invention is to provide pouch which when-loaded with pac a ed tobacco will boot convenient size for the pocket of the avcr-agesmoker. I

These andother objects of the invention will be illustrated in the drawings, described in the specification and pointed out in the claims at the end; thereof.

In the drawings:

Figure l. is a front elevation of'the. pouch in a closed condition.

FigureZ is a front elevationof the pouchshowing the pouch open with, the ton u ull d o t from under the, bridge.

Figure 3 is-a front elevation of the pouch show ing the tongue inserted under the bridge with the end of the tab or handle exposed below the bridge.

Figure iis, an enlarged verticalsection of the pouchthe section being taken on the line ix-42; of Figure 1, the lowerportion of the pouch being broken away.

Figure 5 is a rear elevation of the pouch as shown in Figure 2" with the back of the pouch partly brokenaway to show the ridge-formed in the liningof the front of the pouch by whichthe seal of the bag is. completed when thepouch is closed.

Figurefi isa sectional: perspective View: partly broken away showing. the-"lining of the front of the pouch ready to receive the seam that. forms the ridge inside of the pouch.

Figure 'l 'shows a section on the line Tx...1:c;of Figure. zathrough the upper part of the pouch, the pouch being shown on an enlarged scale the bot.- tom of the pouch being broken away and the mouth of the pouch being shown open ready to receive a commercial package of tobacco.

Figure 8 is an enlarged sectional View through the upper part of the pouch the section being taken on the line 8x--8a: of Fig. 3 with the; mouth of the bagbeing closed by the insertion of the tongue und'erthe-bridge with the front and back walls brought together.

Figure 9. is a sideelevation of the pouch-with thev mouth of the pouch shown open ready for pouring.

In the drawings like reference numeral'sindicate like parts.

It will be understood that the front. and back walls of the pouch are each made preferably of twolayers. The inner and outer layers are fastened'together in any suitablemanner. The bottom or-body of'the pouch is indicated by refer.- ence, numeral I. and isv made large enough to. receive a commercial package of tobacco such as. is used-for pipeor cigarette smoking.

The back of the pouch is the longest part of thepouch and is. shown in one piece as appears in elevation in Figures 2, 3 and 5. The upper portion of the back of the pouch forms a flap 2.-wh en it is bentv over in the position. shown in Figure 1. and the flap is provided with thefemale portion of a snap fastener 3 which engages with the male portion 4 of. the snap fastener which parts are brought together for the purpose of closing the pouch and holding the pouch closed as, is shown in; Figure 1.

The pp r portion of the p u h i taper d to about'half the width of'the body of the pouch. The, front of the pouch has an outline that in .the body of the pouch corresponds to the outline of the. back'ofthe pouch, but'at the top the front of the pouch is cut to form a tapering tongue 5 which ton ue. is unattached: to the back; of the pouch or'any other part ofthepouch along, the top line as indicatedat: 6 and along the two side lines as indicated at- 1 and 8-. To this tongue, is stitched a tab 9, the stitches being located at. the place indicated at I 0, the tab. otherwisebein free from the tongue.

Acrossthe flap 2 which forms a part of the back of thepouch is placed a bridge H, the diverging edges of which are stitched to the edges ofthe fl p, he relation of the parts being. shownat. the

3 top of Figure 3. This bridge is unattached to the back of the bag at both the top and the bottom and when the sides of the top of the pouch are pressed inwardly the flap 2 of the pouch and the bridge H are pressed outwardly from each other and form a funnel shaped structure through which the tobacco in the body of the pouch can be poured. This relation of the parts is shown in Figure 9. When the bridge II is pressed against the back or flap 2 of the pouch with the tongue placed in front of the bridge a large opening is left between the flap 2 and the bridge II at the back of the pouch and the tongue 5 at the front of the pouch through which a standard package of tobacco can be inserted into the body of the pouch or the body of the pouch can be filled with loose tobacco.

After the body of the pouch has been filled with tobacco, the tongue 5 can be inserted under the bridge I I, thus closing the large opening through which the tobacco is inserted in the body of the pouch and leaving only a small opening at the top of the pouch which is referred to as the mouth of the pouch, and through which the tobacco can be conveniently poured into the bowl of the pipe or onto a cigarette paper.

With the tongue inserted under the bridge, the flap 2 of the pouch can be turned over to the position shown in Figure 1 for the purpose of closing the pouch and reducing the length of the package.

In order to seal the pouch more effectively when it is closed, I form a ridge 12 in the lining on the inside of the front of the pouch. This ridge is formed by doubling the lining on itself as is shown in Figure 6 and stitching a seam through the two layers of the lining along the line indicated at I6. When the lining is straightened out to the position shown in Figure '7 and assembled into the pouch this seam It forms a ridge H of the folded material which projects inwardly from the front of the pouch and when the lining is attached to the front of the pouch this ridge will be located on the line on which the pouch is folded. That is to say with the ridge slightly below the lower edge of the bridge H and when the flap of the pouch is folded to the position shown in Figure 1, this ridge is firmly pressed against the back of the pouch at the top as shown in Figure 4 forming a very tight seal, so much so that it has been found that the pouch will hold water without leaking and accordingly the tobacco in the pouch will be protected against drying or leaking.

With the pouch assembled as above described the pouch is opened from the position shown in Figure l to the position shown in Figure 3. The tongue 5 can be pulled from the position shown in Figure 3 to the position shown in Figure 2 and the tab 9 will be used for this purpose. With the tongue in the position shown in Figure 2 the body of the pouch can be filled with tobacco; thereafter the tongue 5 can be restored to the position shown in Figure 3. With the pouch in the form shown in Figure 3 tobacco can be poured from the pouch by pressing the sides and any desired amount of tobacco can be poured from the pouch through the funnel-shaped opening thus temporarily formed.

The pouch can then be closed as shown in Figure 1.

It will be understood that the inner and outer layers of the pouch are made of leather or any other suitable flexible material and the pouch with its tobacco will conform itself to the'pocket where the pouch is ordinarily carried by the user of it.

I claim:

1. A pouch having a long back wall and a short front wall with a tongue at the top of the said short wall forming an extension thereof, said tongue being otherwise unattached above the front wall, the edges of the back wall and the edges of the front wall being connected together below the tongue to form the body of the pouch, the edges of the back Wall at the top tapering toward each other, a wide bridge connected to the tapering side edges of the back wall above the front wall, a ridge formed across the inside of the front wall below the top thereof, said ridge projecting against the back wall of the pouch when the top of the back wall is folded over on the body of the pouch, said ridge forming a seal for the body of the pouch.

2. A pouch having a back wall and a front wall, the edges of the front wall being connected to the edges of the back wall on three sides to form the body of the pouch leaving a wide opening at the top of the body of the pouch, the back wall extending above the front wall to form a top therefor, the front wall having a wide tongue at the top thereof forming an extension thereof, a ridge formed across the inside of the front wall near the top thereof and below the tongue, said ridge being formed by doubling the wall on itself to form two layers and stitching a seam through the two layers so formed before the front wall is assembled in the pouch, said ridge after the'pouch is assembled projecting against the back wall of the pouch when the top of the back wall and the tongue is folded over on the body of the pouch, said ridge forming a seal for the body of the pouch.

3. A pouch having a back wall and a front wall, the edges of the front wall being connected to the edges of the back wall on three sides to form the body of the pouch leaving a wide opening at the tip of the pouch, the back wall extending above the front wall, the front wall having a 'wide extension at the top thereof, a ridge formed across the inside of the front wall near the top thereof and below the extension, said ridge being formed by doubling the wall on itself to form two layers and stitching a seam through the two layers so formed before the front wall is assembled in the pouch, said ridge after the pouch is assembled projecting rearwardly against the back wall of the pouch when the top of the back wall and the extension is folded over on the body of the pouch, said ridge forming a seal for the body of the pouch.

4. A pouch having a long back wall and a short front wall, said walls being attached together on three edges with a wide opening between them at the top of the front wall and forming a pocket, with a tongue at the top of said short wall extending upwardly therefrom, said tongue being otherwise unattached above the front wall, the edges of the back wall and the edges of the front wall being connected together below the tongue to form the bOdy of the pouch, the edges of the back wall at the top tapering toward each other, a wide bridge connected to the tapering side edges of the back wall and forming a spout therewith with a narrow opening at the end thereof above the front wall, the parts being so arranged that when the tongue is placed outside of the bridge a wide opening into the body of the pouch can be exposed below the bridge, permitting the easy filling of the pouch, and when the tongue is placed under the bridge from below, the wide opening below the bridge is substantially closed and the narrow opening of the spout is left open, a narrow opening being provided between the back wall on one side and the top of the bridge and of the tongue on the other side.

5. A pouch having a long back wall and a short front wall, said Walls being attached together on three edges with a wide openin between them at the top of the front wall and forming a pocket, with a tongue at the top of said short wall extending upwardly therefrom, said tongue being otherwise unattached above the front wall, the edges of the back wall and the edges of the front wall being connected together below the tongue to form the body of the pouch, the edges of the backwall at the top tapering toward each other, a wide bridge connected to the tapering side edges of the back wall and forming a spout therewith with a narrow opening at the end thereof above the front wall, the parts being so arranged that when the tongue is placed outside of the bridge a wide opening into the body of the pouch can be eXpOsed below the bridge, permitting the easy filling of the pouch, and when the tongue is placed under the bridge from below, the wide opening below the bridge is substantially closed and the narrow opening of the spout is left open, a narrow opening being provided between the back wall on one side and the top of the bridge and of the tongue on the other side, a tab attached near the top of the tongue and extending below the bridge for the purpose of drawing the tongue out from under the bridge.

6. A pouch having a long back wall and a short front wall, said walls being attached together on three edges with a wide opening between them at the top of the front Wall and forming a pocket with a tongue at the top of said short wall extending upwardly therefrom, said tongue being otherwise unattached above the front wall, the edges of the back wall and the edges of the front wall being connected together below the tongue to form the body of the pouch, the edges of the back wall at the top taperin toward each other, a wide bridge connected to the tapering side edges of the back wall and forming a spout therewith with a narrow opening at the end thereof above the front wall, the parts being so arranged that when the tongue is placed outside of the bridge a wide opening into the body of the pouch can be exposed below the'bridge, permitting the easy filling of the pouch and when the tongue is placed under the bridge from below, the wide opening below the bridge is substantially closed and the narrow opening of the spout is left open, a narrow opening bein provided between the back wall on one side and the top of the bridge and of the tongue on the other side, the bridge and tongue and upper portion of the pouch for the purpose of closing the pouch.

7. A pouch having a back wall and a front wall, the edges of the front wall being connected to the edges of the back wall on three sides to form the body of the pouch leaving a Wide opening at the top of the body of the pouch, the back wall extending above the front Wall to form a top therefor, the front wall having a wide tongue at the top thereof forming an extension thereof, a ridge formed across the inside of the front wall near the top thereof and below the tongue, said ridge being formed by doubling the wall on itself to form two layers and stitching a seam through the two layers so formed before the front wall is assembled in the pouch, said ridge after the pouch is assembled projecting against the back wall of the pouch when the top of the back wall and the tongue is folded over on the body of the pouch, said ridge forming a seal for the body of the pouch.

8. A pouch having a back wall and a front wall, the edges of the front wall being connected to the edges of the back wall on three sides to form the body of the pouch leaving a wide opening at the top of the pouch, the back wall extending above the front wall, the front wall having a wide extension at the top thereof, a ridge formed across the inside of the front wall near the top thereof and below the extension, said ridge being formed by doubling the wall on itself to form two layers and stitching a seam through the two layers so formed before the front wall is assembled in the pouch, said ridge after the pouch is assembled projecting rearwardly against the back wall of the pouch when the top of the back wall and the top of the front wall is folded over on the body of the pouch, said ridge forming a seal for the body of the pouch.

' RALPH A. LE FEVRE.

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